Nintendo Switch Announcement! - General

Anyone else find the design really boring, cheap looking and utilitarian?

I do like how it's not pretending to be a TV-watching device or a social networking whateverthing. It's people playing video games on a VIDEO GAME CONSOLE. Say what you want about Nintendo but they're the only console company making actual game consoles. [editline]20th October 2016[/editline] Or at least trying to

[QUOTE=CLungcancer;51233660]I do like how it's not pretending to be a TV-watching device or a social networking whateverthing. It's people playing video games on a VIDEO GAME CONSOLE. Say what you want about Nintendo but they're the only console company making actual game consoles.[/QUOTE] I use my WiiU for YouTube and Netflix when I get together with friends though, seriously a console can do more than just gaming without ever sacrificing doing gaming well. Apps like Netflix and YouTube are pretty much mandatory with consoles nowadays.

[QUOTE=Limed00d;51233250]im smelling a king's field port in the horizon[/QUOTE] I could go for a new King's Field over another Souls game, fight me.

[QUOTE=Steel & Iron;51233563]Game Freak already put out a statement saying they have interest in the Switch but Sun and Moon are strictly 3DS.[/QUOTE] The joke went over your head

[QUOTE=Rossy167;51233677]I use my WiiU for YouTube and Netflix when I get together with friends though, seriously a console can do more than just gaming without ever sacrificing doing gaming well. Apps like Netflix and YouTube are pretty much mandatory with consoles nowadays.[/QUOTE]I think that is not a feature that needs to be advertized. Apps like youtube/netflix/similar ones are pretty much the standard that are and will be available for every device ever. You can use them on your tablet or whatever, but those devices can't play games on the level Switch (hopefully) can.

[QUOTE=Scot;51233659]Anyone else find the design really boring, cheap looking and utilitarian?[/QUOTE] It looks sleek and not too prominent. Pretty much something that I'd leave next the TV in my living room.

I can't wait to lose one of the little controllers.

[QUOTE=Scot;51233659]Anyone else find the design really boring, cheap looking and utilitarian?[/QUOTE] It could change. Chances are the paint and stuff like that will get better before launch. The DS looked like this at the E3 and some promo material before launch: [img]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eryHkDsPm_c/hqdefault.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Scot;51233659]Anyone else find the design really boring, cheap looking and utilitarian?[/QUOTE] The front looks fine (okay it's hard to fuck up a pane of glass), but the rest of it does look cheap and kinda shit. If Nintendo wants people to bring it around maybe they should give a shit about the design.

So take this with an atom sized grain of salt but these apparently are the Switch's specs. They apparently came from nintendo's developer website [URL="http://pastebin.com/UD1Vx9rf"]http://pastebin.com/UD1Vx9rf[/URL] [QUOTE]CPU: Four ARM Cortex-A57 cores, maximum 2 GHz L2 cache, 2 MB 64-bit ARMv8 Crypto extension enabled GPU: NVIDIA second-generation Maxwell architecture 256 CUDA cores, maximum 1 GHz 1024 FLOPS/cycle Texture: 16 pixels/cycle Fill: 14.4 pixels/cycle Main memory: Capacity of 4 GB Bandwidth: 25.6 GB/s VRAM: shared System Memory: Capacity: 32 GB, Maximum transfer rate: 400 MB/s USB USB 2.0 and 3.0 Video Output 60 fps, at a maximum of 1920Ã—1080 pixels Or 30 fps at 3840Ã—2160 pixels The screen: 6.2" IPS LCD, 1280Ã—720 pixels Capacitance method, 10-point multi-touch[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Steel & Iron;51233563]Game Freak already put out a statement saying they have interest in the Switch but Sun and Moon are strictly 3DS.[/QUOTE] [sp]the joke is about BDSM.[/sp]

So is it just streaming from the main console? So actually flying on a plane or going anywhere outside your lan means horrible input lag? If so I think most people would rather Switch to a different gaming system.

[QUOTE=Mort Stroodle;51233827]So is it just streaming from the main console? So actually flying on a plane or going anywhere outside your lan means horrible input lag? If so I think most people would rather Switch to a different gaming system.[/QUOTE] The tablet thing is the console. The 'main' part is for connecting it to a tv.

[QUOTE=Mort Stroodle;51233827]So is it just streaming from the main console? So actually flying on a plane or going anywhere outside your lan means horrible input lag? If so I think most people would rather Switch to a different gaming system.[/QUOTE] Did you even watch the video or come straight from /v/ to shitpost and make that epic Switch pun :-))

I'll just snip this too much repeating

[QUOTE=Dantz Bolrew;51233843]Did you even watch the video or come straight from /v/ to shitpost and make that epic Switch pun :-))[/QUOTE] It looked like it could go either way, they kept plugging it into a big thick stand thing that looked like the rest of the console. If they made a full console that runs at least as well as Wii u and is handheld that's seriously impressive.

I never got a WiiU and I don't quite know everything about it, isn't this basically the same concept? A handheld and a home console combined? Curious.

[QUOTE=Flubbman;51233903]I never got a WiiU and I don't quite know everything about it, isn't this basically the same concept? A handheld and a home console combined? Curious.[/QUOTE] The Wii U was just a regular console with a second screen on the controller.

[QUOTE=Lolkork;51233899]That gpu has worse performance than a gtx 560[/QUOTE] Those specs are probably super false, but it could still work. I imagine it could handle 720p30 on the games they showed for the most part. The base of the system likely has additional power to run the games at 1080p60 or whatever the devs use. When the Switch comes off that base I'd assume it would drop down the resolution and stuff like that. All guessing, of course.

It's called the Nintendo Switch because in March 2017 I'm gonna permanently switch my Wii U off Jk I've probably already switched it off for the last time

[QUOTE=Captain Chalky;51233991]Nintendo has been on a massive decline for many years and I hate how they have kept themselves afloat with nostalgia instead of innovation. [B]However[/B]. This thing here looks actually sick and I'm looking forward to learning more about the system. Nintendo might have finally done it this time. Also, battery life means nothing. Buy a powerbank, and extend it manually.[/QUOTE] You might need to carry a few powerbanks to charge the joycons too.

[QUOTE=Mort Stroodle;51233827]So is it just streaming from the main console? So actually flying on a plane or going anywhere outside your lan means horrible input lag? If so I think most people would rather Switch to a different gaming system.[/QUOTE] Yes it's actually streaming. You can leave the main console running while playing, it has an amazing range of up to 100.000 miles. No input lag. Scientists are baffled how Nintendo achieved this.

So wait, do you just leave the thingy running at home when you're out and about or are the whole guts in that screen

[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;51234145]So wait, do you just leave the thingy running at home when you're out and about or are the whole guts in that screen[/QUOTE] That was the Wii U. Now it's completely portable. Think of it as a handheld with main console power. But you can also play on the big TV

[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;51234145]So wait, do you just leave the thingy running at home when you're out and about or are the whole guts in that screen[/QUOTE] guts are in the screen, though people are suggesting there's more guts in the thingy.

[QUOTE=Antimuffin;51234154]That was the Wii U. Now it's completely portable. Think of it as a handheld with main console power. But you can also play on the big TV[/QUOTE] That's not what Wii U's look like. They aren't like a big U, despite what the name says. Now I'm especially confused.

[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;51234194]That's not what Wii U's look like. They aren't like a big U, despite what the name says. Now I'm especially confused.[/QUOTE] I'm confused at what you're even saying at this point. No shit that's not what Wii U looks like, when did they say they were showing a Wii U in the video?

[QUOTE=Kegan;51234064]You might need to carry a few powerbanks to charge the joycons too.[/QUOTE] I think the big thing in the middle is a battery pack, notice how there's battery indicators on both sides. [t]https://sickr.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/nintendo_switch_5.jpg?w=1200&h=&crop=1[/t] Also it really looks like the ouya controller :v:

[QUOTE=Gamerman12;51234176]guts are in the screen, though people are suggesting there's more guts in the thingy.[/QUOTE] That's impossible! It's a thin, tiny thing. Computers need to take up whole rooms just to add two numbers together! Hold on, I need to shovel more coal into my PC.